Leonardo EURACT coursein Serbia

Snežana Janković

19.-23. September, Bled

EURACT and the Leonardo da Vinci project

“Towards development of the European Network of Postgraduate and Continuing

Education for Family Physicians” was designed and developed

“The Leonardo EURACT course for trainers in Family Medicine”.

COURSE’S AUTORS:

• Dr. Justin Allen - UK

• Dr. Athanasios Simeonidis – Greece

• Prof. Igor Svab – Slovenia

• Dr. Adam Windak – Poland

• Dr. Yonah Yaphe - Israel

• Dr. Egle Zebiene - Lithuania

General aim:

To improve quality of

General Practice/Family Medicine teaching in European Countries

Specific objectives:- To improve the level of one-to-one teaching in European

countries;- To run a series of courses for GP trainers;- To ensure dissemination of knowledge and skills by course

participants in their own countries; - To prepare teaching materials for GP trainers; - To develop a network of GP teaching organizations involved in

one-to-one training; - To stimulate development of FM teaching in participating

countries; - To develop core groups of teachers in European Countries- To encourage the dissemination of the teaching experience in

European Countries

Four representatives from former Serbia and Montenegro completed the „Leonardo Course“ in

Kushadasi in Turkey in May 2005. Upon their return preparations were made for

carriing out: “Leonardo Course“ in Serbia. The School of Medicine in Belgrade gave its support.

The course manager was appointed and tasks were dispursed. All four of us prepared presentations, texts for printed material, using the Kushadasi

materials.

Two courses were carried out up to now.

First was in Belgrade from 23. to 24. February 2006.

Second course was in Novi Sad from

08. to 09. June 2006.

In Belgrade were 46 coursists, specilist in General Practise/ tainers from all

around Serbia.

The course was succesfully completed by two physicians from Kosovo as well as

two from Montenegro.

Second course in Novi Sad was been at Medicine Faculty, with 19 GP’s

from Vojvodina. All “The Leonardo EURACT course” principles were respected.

Courses were carried out in: • 11 sessions,• 32 modules

in 11 h 40’

were participants took active roll during the lectures, discussions and evaluation lists were filled in after every course.

Total average mark for the course:

• in Belgrade was 4,87

• in Novi Sad Novi Sad 4,92.

We can say that we have expected outputs: 

• a continuing series of courses;

• teaching materials for teacher training;

• teaching modules, adapted to individual states;

• a network of teachers and tutors;

• publications in journals.

Next course in Belgrade is scheduled for October 2006.

at The Medicine Faculty

Thank you for your attention